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Fork foods that accommodate restricted diets

I'm hosting a board game party, and I want to make a few fork foods for people to eat. No knives and cutting, but also not finger foods, because people need to be holding cards and moving pieces and some people get right cranky if you get BBQ sauce on their D20s, you know?

I'd also like all of the dishes to be free of pork (sigh, there goes half my repertoire), and for at least some of them to be gluten-free and vegan, though I am very explicitly not planning to do a full-on gluten-free and vegan menu. Ideas that include meat and cheese and flour are welcome, but ideas without them are also needed.

The first thing that came to mind was macaroni and cheese... obviously wouldn't work for the gluten-free and vegan folks, but it's probably the easiest least messy thing to eat with a fork only. You could do them in individual ramekins to make it even easier to handle.

I also think anything on a small stick/skewer would be good for what you want. Caprese for the veg/gluten free folks, and something with meat for the nons.

How about scanning this thread from when Penelope Casas books were COTM? So many great tapas ideas, including the mushrooms in garlic sauce(sub for the chicken stock) , shrimp in garlic sauce(not for vegans obviously), garbanzos and spinach, cauliflower salad. (I have the names all wrong, but you'll see what I mean when you scan the thread). Since olive oil, rather than butter, is the primary source of fat in most Spanish recipes, for the most part, anything that is vegetarian will also be vegan.